Margarete Kattau, Konstantin Willer, Wolfgang Noichl, Theresa Urban, Manuela Frank, Fabio De Marco, Rafael Schick, Thomas Koehler, Hanns-Ingo Maack, Bernhard Renger, Martin Renz, Andreas Sauter, Yannik Leonhardt, Alexander Fingerle, Marcus Makowski, Daniela Pfeiffer, Franz Pfeiffer
OBJECTIVES: To compare the visibility of anatomical structures and overall quality of the attenuation images obtained with a dark-field X-ray radiography prototype with those from a commercial radiography system. METHODS: Each of the 65 patients recruited for this study obtained a thorax radiograph at the prototype and a reference radiograph at the commercial system. Five radiologists independently assessed the visibility of anatomical structures, the level of motion artifacts, and the overall image quality of all attenuation images on a five-point scale, with 5 points being the highest rating...
February 18, 2023: European Radiology